The Long Haul: American Trucking Companies (RP-2115)

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Product No.:RP-2115Title:The Long Haul: American Trucking CompaniesAuthor(s): Adams, RonIllustrator(s): N/APublisher: IconografixISBN: 1583882111Condition: NewBinding: SoftcoverDust Jacket:No JacketEdition:1st EditionPublication Year: 2008Features: 206 Pages with Colour & Black/White Photos.In the early days, many trucking companies started out with one truck or even some horses, and a few tough folks kept hauling through the Great Depression and WWII. As roads improved, many of these companies became large operations with ample semi-trucks, trailers and places to haul.This book is a concise history of the pioneers in trucking and how they grew their truck empires. From the east coast to the west coast, most of the companies started out very small regionally and with acquisitions and mergers became the big names in trucking hauling all over America. Each company includes a history, maps of their truck lines and a photo or more of their fleet or rigs they used at an epochal point in their history.